The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 459 BID: $OPDX.459 May 1, 2000 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, KF2TI,
WB2YQH/WB2RAJ & The 59(9) DXReport, KA3S, W3UR & The
Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8EP, K8YSE, N8BJQ, 9M2TO, BD5RV/4,
Carlos Diez, CX6VM, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DK1II, EX8MF,
F5NOD, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, FK8GM, G3SXW, JM1LJS, OH1EH,
RN3RQ, SP6ECA, SV2CWY, UA6AF, VE3LKS and VK9NS for the following
DX information.
3C0R WEB PAGE. Chris, SV2CWY, informs OPDX
that he is PLEASED to announce that the whole story with detailed
photos of the 3C0R DXpedition to Annobon Island is now available
at the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/sv2cwy.
7O1YGF OPERATION. The team of 7O1YGF (DJ7MG,
DK1II, DK3KX, DL5EBE) came to an early end. The following press
release was sent out:
"Dear fellow Dxers,
After 10 days of activity we have been kindly asked by the
authorities to terminate our radio transmission. The reason
for that is, that until now no agreement on the final status
of this unique special activity could be reached. In this
sense our earlier press statement, that the licence will be
granted immediately after arrival on April 17 has to be
corrected. For this statement given, based on
misunderstandings, we ask the DX-Community to accept our
apology. Nevertheless, the activity 7O1YGF is for the time
being still in the process of approval. We expect a written
confirmation therefore in due time.
During this activity we were able to make about 35000 QSOs
from 6 to 40m using CW, SSB ant RTTY. We are happy that we
were able to give the DX Community the opportunity to work
7O, we thank the Dxers for calling us and we apologize to
those who could not make it this time. Last but not least our
very special thanks goes to the people of the Republic of
Yemen who hosted us and to the kind authorities for their
constructive cooperation and support to finalize the issue
and approve the establishment of amateur radio in Yemen.
We congratulate the people and the president of Yemen on
the 10th Anniversary of reunification which falls on the 22nd
of May, 2000." The whole 7O1YGF team is currently back
in Germany and are well. They also had no problems in taking
their equipment and log-files back home. They also look
forward to getting the QSL cards printed and sent. However,
after their arrival in Yemen they were advised to use only
the callsign 7O1YGF, which may cause some confusion on the
QSL Managers. Franz, DK1II, has confirmed that the QSL cards
for CW contacts should be sent via DJ3XD (August
Unterwallney, Am Kummerberg 30, Wedemark 2, 30900 Germany)
and for SSB, RTTY and 6m, contacts should be sent via DK9KX
(Hans Walter Hannappel, Eschenbruchstrasse 1, Koeln, DE-510
69, Germany). Callbook addresses are "OK". They
hope, and are confident, that this operation will end with a
QSL card which at least will also count for the DXCC.
A5, BHUTAN. After many years of silence, the
"Kingdom of Bhutan" is finally on air thanks to the
help of Jim Smith, VK9NS, now signing A52JS. Not only is Jim
active, but a local resident of Bhutan is active also. Tuji
Yonten, A51TY, has waited a long time to be active again.
Hopefully, this is the start for more activity from this rare and
wanted entity. For those who missed the two press releases by
Jim/VK9NS (probably because you are not an OPDX InterNet
Subscriber), in short, Tuji Yonten, A51TY, made his first CW and
SSB QSOs on 20 meters. The CW QSO was with Pavel, RW0JR, on 20
meters. The SSB QSO was made later with Kirsti, VK9NL, on 20
meters. The logged time for START was 1201z, April 27th, 2000.
Incidentally, Jim also made his first CW QSO with Pavel, RW0JR,
at 1216z on 20 meters and later at 1252z his first SSB QSO with
Vidi, VU2DVP, on 20 meters. Over the past weekend, Jim has been
heard mainly on 15/20 meters CW. There has been some reports on
SSB and 17 meters activity. Jim was heard saying that he would be
in Bhutan for the next 4 weeks. QSL A52JS in the normal manner
direct to HIDXA, PO Box 90, Norfolk Island, NI 2899, Australia.
For BUREAU QSLING, Jim states, "All stations wishing to use
the QSL bureau system are requested NOT to DUMP A52JS QSL cards
into the bureau - they will get nowhere right now. PLEASE wait
for an announcement to be made in a few weeks time once I get
back to the UK and make some sort of arrangement for the handling
of Bureau QSLs." ADDED REMINDER: The larger A5 operation is
scheduled for this week between May 3-12th. The last of the 15
operators are scheduled to arrive on May 2nd. The DXpeditions Web
page has been moved to: http://www.qsl.net/bhutan2000. You will find
the operators profile, sponsors, log uploads, propagation links
and updated details, press releases and pictures. QSL via W0GJ.
CE0Y WEB PAGE. Victor, UA6AF, informs OPDX
that the complete story of the trip by Victor/UA6AF and
Vlad/G0KBO to Easter Island (CE0Y), as well as their logs and
samples of QSLs, can be found on the Web at: http://rrc.sc.ru/ce0y.htm.
Victor and Vlad would like to emphasize that all direct QSLs for
both callsigns (CE0Y/UA6AF and CE0Y/G0KBO) are being handled by
G0KBO.
CX, URUGUAY. Jorge, CX6VM, informs OPDX that
he is active on 12 and 17 meters mostly during the weekends from
his vacation QTH in Melo City. QSL ONLY via W3HNK, Joseph Arcure
Jr., P.O. Box 73, Edgemont, PA 19028 USA. QSLs for CX5X and CW6V
are also managed by Joe, W3HNK.
DAYTON HAMVENTION "DX ACTIVITIES"...
Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, provided OPDX with
the upcoming HamVention's "DX Forum Schedule".
Again the forum will be at Meadowdale H.S. (a short bus
ride from the arena) on Saturday morning from
0830-1230ish (EDT). The busses run about every 10 minutes
from the arena. There is also parking (free) available at
the HS. The forum line up is very good with presentations
on 2 new countries, the current #2 most wanted country
(A5) and the big FO0AAA operation. The schedule is as
follows:
EDT Time Scheduled Forum
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0830 - AR Cluster by WU3V and AB5K
0845 - Clipperton by N9NS and N7CQQ
0915 - Pacific Expedition by SM7PKK
0945 - Nepal by K4VUD
1000 - Chesterfield Is. by N7NG and K6GNX
1100 - IOTA update by G3ZAY
1115 - Bhutan 2000 by W0GJ, K4UEE, N1DG
1145 - The First DXpedition to East Timor by W3UR
The speaker(s) for the DX Dinner Banquet
will be Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, and Bob Allphin, K4UEE, who
will give the first presentation on Bhutan. They will get
back in the states on Tuesday and head for Dayton on
Thurdsay. Can't get much fresher DX than that!
FR/T, TROMELIN. French operators Gil/F5NOD,
Eric/F5PXT, Laurent/F5PYI and Erwann/F6JJX have announced their
schedule for the trip to Tromelin and their FR/Tromelin Web site
at: http://perso.easynet.fr/~f6jjx/.
Their planned schedule begins with the team leaving France
heading for Reunion Island on July 29th. On July 31st, they leave
Reunion to head to Tromelin and state "maybe 1 station on
the air, that evening." On August 1st, they will have 3
stations on the air and be active until August 16th. They will
head back to Reunion on that date and return to France on the
18th. The callsign is currently unknown.
FW, WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS. Nigel/G3TXF
will sign FW/G3TXF and Roger/G3SXW will sign FW/G3SXW from Wallis
Island (OC-054) May 11-23rd. Their operation will be CW only, on
80-10 meters, transmitting on frequencies ending in '3' and
listening 1-3 kHz up. QSL to their home callsigns, direct or
bureau, or for E-mail requests for bureau reply at: g3txf@compuserve.com -or- g3sxw@compuserve.com.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-NEW. Michael, BD5RV/4, informs OPDX
that the members of the "Jiangsu DX Club" will
be active as BI4L activating a new IOTA on the air on May
1-5th. Operators Jin/BA4TA, Dragon/BA4RX, Deal/BA4TB,
Yee/BA4RE, Wang/BA4RD, Win/BD4RS and Michael/BD5RV will
activate Long Island, located in the Shandong Province,
east of China. They will operate on 160-6 meters on
SSB/CW/RTTY/SSTV. QSL via BY4RSA: P.O. Box 538, Nanjing,
China. Also, visit their BI4L Web page at: http://www.7388.org.
EU-132. Zbig/SP6CZ and Andy/SP6ECA will
be active from Wolin Island now through May 3rd as
homecall/1. During these days they will try to be active
from the lighthouse "Kikut" located on Wolin
Island (loc. JO73GX, Polish Lighthouse Award SPL14). They
state that this is probably the first activity from this
lighthouse.
NA-155. The TI-IOTA GROUP is pleased to
announce their next DXpedition to Uvita Island located
off the central east coast of Costa Rica. Activity will
be from May 17-21st on all bands 80-6 meters on CW, SSB
and RTTY (RTTY on Fri., Sat., Sun. only). Their callsign
TE6U will be activated by with several TI and one USA
operators. There will be dedicated stations on CW, SSB
and 6 meters. QSL via TI5KD.
OC-066. Alain, F2HE/FO0CLA, is active
from Tatakoto Island and NOT from Takapoto Island as
announced earlier by Jean, F6AJA. Activity this past week
was mainly on 40/20/17 meters CW. However, Alain was also
heard on 17/10 meters SSB. He will be here for one month.
QSL via F6CTL.
KH0, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. Look for Ban,
JF2WSX, to be active from May 19-22nd as N3WW/KH0. Activity will
be on CW/SSB. QSL via JF2WXS.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Be looking for FK8HC,
FK8HW and FK8GM to activate the Amedee Lighthouse August 19th and
20th during the International Lighthouse weekend. This
lighthouse/island is also good for one of the DIFOs of New
Caledonia.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH1EH, will be active
as OH0Z from May 19th until May 22 checking that everything is
"OK" at the station for the upcoming CQ WPX CW Contest.
Some operating will take place on the low bands, so look for OH0Z
on 160/80/40 CW/SSB between 1900-0400z. QSL via OH1EH: Ari
Korhonen, Kreetalank. 9 As 1, FIN29200 Harjavalta, Finland.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Tex, 9M2TO, reports that all QSLs for
January 1, 2000, through March 31, 2000, including
contest QSOs, have been sent out via the JARL bureau.
Gil, F5NOD, reports that the
"FK-DX-Group" now has a Web page available at: http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/fk8hc.html.
Logs for the FK8HC/P operations on various DIFO islands,
such as FK77 (1999 and 2000 operations), FK78 and FK79,
are available at the above Web page. Also, all
information about the "DIFO Award" can be found
on the Web page: http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/.
QSL 4W6SP via 9A2AA at: Tom Dugec, POB
255, Split 21001, Rep. of Croatia.
QSL EX8MIO via P.O.Box 2, Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan, 720011.
Rob, KA3S, reports that his dad, N3OO
(Robert), has been receiving a lot of QSL cards by
mistake for a K3OO/NP2 operation which took place in
early March 2000. N3OO is not the QSL Manager for any
station. However, cards mistakenly received will be
forwarded to K3OO.
SPECIAL EVENT. Members of the North Shore ARC
will activate the callsign VC3CX the weekend of May 6-8th. The
event will take place at the former "Camp X" a spy
training camp in Whitby, ON, Canada. The operation is to
commemorate the 55th anniversary of VE Day. Activity will be on
80/40/20/10 meters. QSL via VE3TIG. Check out the following Web
page for more details and a link to the North Shore ARC for
additional information at: http://www.geocities.com/campx_radio.
SPECIAL EVENT. During the celebration of the
55th anniversary of the "Russian Victory in Great Patriotic
War", the members of the "Michurinsk Contest
Groupe" (MCG) will activate the special event stations,
RP3RST, RP3RTG, RP3RTK and RP3RZK between May 5-9th and May
13-14th (including the contests). If you made contacts with these
stations (Europe stations 10 QSOs and DX stations 5 QSOs; dupes
are valid on different bands or modes) you will receive a
"MCG - medal" trophy free of charge (please, send only
2 IRCs for postal expenses). QSLs for all stations are via RN3RQ:
Jack Yatskiv, P.O.Box 30, Michurinsk 393740, Russia (only direct
please or E-mail requests for bureau cards to: mcg@pub.tmb.ru). By the way,
Jack, RN2RQ, Secretary of "MCG", also has all the logs
and QSLs for following stations:
R3R 1990-1991
RN3R 1995-1998
RR3R 1992-1993
RU3R 1994
RA3RGD, RK3RWR, RN3RQ, RV3RV, RW3RQ, UA3RJ, UA3RV all dates
RX3ARM 1991-1992
UE3RCG, UE3RID, UE3ROM all dates
UK1PGO 1981-1984 (Franz Josef Land) will be closed in
November 2000
UZ3RV before 1994
T8, PALAU (Update). Operators
Misao/JJ1DWB/T88MT, Hiro/7N1KAE/T88YH, Hide/JM1LJS/T88LJ and Yo,
who does not have a JA callsign, have received the callsign
T88YT, are now active until May 3rd. The group was heard this
past weekend on 15/10 meters CW/SSB. Please refer to OPDX.458 for
QSL information.
TP2000, FRANCE. Look for the "Council of
Europe RC" to be active again June 9-11th as TP2000CE. Their
activity will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via F6FQK.
VP6, PITCAIRN ISLAND. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states that through the courtesy of SMIRK (Six
Meter International Radio Klub), Jukka, VP6BR, will leave his 6
meter gear with Tom, VP6TC, to provide a presence on this band
from here.
XX9, MACAO. Look for Ed, K8EP, to be
operating from Macau as XX9TEP from May 4-8th. Operations will be
on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via K8EP.
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